Shell Enviornment

Posted by alex almazan Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:11:00 GMT

This table represents the order in which shell attributes are inherited

/etc/skel default template for a new added users home directory
/etc/profile sets environmental variables used by all users
/etc/profile.d contains scripts specific to certain RPMS
/etc/bashrc contains global aliass and system settings
~/.bash_profile contains user environement settings and can be set to auto start programs at login
~/.bashrc contains user aliases and functions